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Three centuries of struggles for the environment against "progress"

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"A history of struggles for the environment from the 18th to the 20th: three centuries of debates and battles", by Anne-Claude Ambroise-Rendu, Steve Hagimont, Charles-François Mathis and Alexis Vrignon, published by Textuel.

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By: Anne-Cécile Bras Follow

Political ecology was not born in the 1970s. Since the 18th century, the working classes, part of the intellectual elites of Europe, America, Japan and the colonized peoples of Africa and America fight against the exploitation of natural resources.

The protectors of nature have mobilized against states and companies that destroy life from the beginnings of the industrial revolution.

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A history of struggles for the environment 18th - 20th: three centuries of debates and fights

, by Anne-Claude Ambroise-Rendu, Steve Hagimont, Charles-François Mathis and Alexis Vrignon, published by Textuel.

Guests: Historians Anne-Claude Ambroise-Rendu and Charles François Mathis.

(Rebroadcast September 16, 2021)

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